Edmund Sheppard (1 November 1826 – 22 December 1882) was aPuisne Judge of theSupreme Court of Queensland.^[1]

Sheppard was the fourth son of Samuel Sheppard, ofTaunton,Somerset, England,^[1] and his wife, Harriett Deane (née Allen).^[2] Edmund was born in Taunton and educated there and in London where he wascalled to the bar at theInner Temple in June 1857.

Sheppard went toSydney, New South Wales, shortly after being called to the bar.^[1] Sheppard married, firstly, in July 1860, Mary Grace, daughter of the late C. E. Murray, of Sydney, who died in June 1869. He practised at the bar in Sydney, and in 1866 was appointed District Court Judge of Queensland.^[1] Judge Sheppard married, secondly, in December 1871, Adela, daughter of the late E. J. Murray, solicitor, of London. He became Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 17 July 1874; and died in London on 22 December 1882^[1] having taken leave of absence earlier in the year due to ill-health.^[2]

Sheppard's second sonWilliam Fleetwood Sheppard, became a mathematician.^[3]The court complex inTownsville, opened in 1975, was named theEdmund Sheppard Building in recognition of his service as the first Northern Judge of the court.^[2]

• Photograph of Mr. Justice Edmund Sheppard, ca. 1874
• "Adelaide and London Telegraph".South Australian Register. Adelaide, S.A. 29 December 1882. p. 5. Retrieved26 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia. (Death Notice.)

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